Sheldon Krevit

I’m interested in essence, in that which is timeless, in the organic continuum that is the cosmos. The act of creating, for me, is a kind of meditation involving my attention to the present, to the act of painting or drawing. I never know how long a particular work may take to create, because I don’t know where the activity of creating it will lead me. I take each piece as far as I can, until it’s resolved. The work lets me know what it requires of me. I’m obliged to accommodate it.

As a visual artist, I believe that the work speaks for itself. To quote J. Krishnamurti: “The word is not the thing, and we must be absolutely clear from the beginning that the explanation is not the explained.” Picasso said: “I don’t seek. I find.” Those words are spot on. The creative act is one of discovery. The work reveals itself to me, during the act of creation.  The same is true when looking at works of art. Take the time to allow the art to reveal itself (visually) as only it can. It has a life of its’ own. My creations are my offspring. I can no more speak for them than parents can speak for their children.

Sheldon Krevit is a native of New Haven, CT, and a product of its public schools, a graduate of The Philadelphia College of Art (UArts) and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he graduated with distinction and was awarded the E.V. Ashton Prize for painting. His work has been included in numerous curated exhibitions with such artists as Robert Motherwell, Robert Natkin, Willem de Kooning, William Bailey, Barkley Hendricks, Robert Longo, and Cindy Sherman. He’s had solo exhibitions in SoHo, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, NM and in CT.

His work has received favorable mention in major publications, including The N.Y. Times, The New Haven Register, New Haven Arts, Arts Magazine, The Santa Fean Magazine, and THE Magazine, and is represented in public, private, and corporate collections.

He’s also taught drawing to hundreds of students, of all ages, both institutionally, and privately. In March of 1998, he received a Commendation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges for his teaching. 

In addition to New Haven, he’s lived in Lower Manhattan, Philadelphia, PA, and Santa Fe, NM. He currently resides in Hamden, CT.